History Comicbook / New52

* '''''[[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsActionComics Action Comics]]'''''
* ''[[ComicBook/SuperboyNew52 Superboy]]''

* '''''[[ComicBook/JeffLemiresGreenArrow GreenArrow]]''''' - Oliver Queen was rebooted entirely as well: now younger and clean-shaven, unattached to Black Canary, and with all his pre-reboot supporting cast erased apart from estranged former sidekick Roy Harper.

The Bat-books picked up more-or-less where they left off, with [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Bruce Wayne appointing Batmen worldwide]] (including Batwing, who operated in a fictionalized version of the Democratic Republic of Congo). However Dick Grayson gave up the mantle of being the Batman of Gotham and returned to being Nightwing. Meanwhile, Barbara Gordon had recovered from her paralysis and become Batgirl again – replacing Stephanie Brown, who was apparently erased from continuity along with former Batgirl Cassandra Cain[[note]]both were reintroduced years later with new origin stories[[/note]]. Red Hood, whose character had been very much DependingOnTheWriter, was finally nailed down as an antihero, albeit at first estranged from the rest of the Batfamily. The books also introduced the Court of Owls, an AncientConspiracy that has run Gotham for generations and has ties to Wayne's and Grayson's pasts. Later on, it was revealed that Tim Drake had never been Robin, only Red Robin, and that his parents were still alive and in witness protection.

* ''ComicBook/AnimalMan''

* '''''ComicBook/GreenArrow''''' - Oliver Queen was rebooted entirely as well: now younger and clean-shaven, unattached to Black Canary, and with all his pre-reboot supporting cast erased apart from estranged former sidekick Roy Harper.

*** A short crossover, "ComicBook/LightsOut", happened in October 2013. It started in ''Green Lantern'', ran through ''ComicBook/GreenLanternCorps'', ''Green Lantern: New Guardians'', and ''ComicBook/RedLanterns'' before concluding in the second ''Green Lantern'' annual. It involves the Lantern corps to come together to stop an ancient being named Relic. Shortly after this came "Uprising", a civil war amongst the Green Lanterns against the shapeshifting Durlans, followed afterwards by the Lantern-line wide "Godhead" pitting the New Guardians, Green Lantern Corps, Red Lanterns, and Yellow Lantern Corps against the ComicBook/NewGods of New Genesis. By this point, it has become clear that the Lantern books are in a near-constant state of this, especially "Green Lantern" and "Green Lantern Corps".

* ''ComicBook/GreenLanternCorps''

* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}''

* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''

* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' - The first and only team of Teen Titans to exist in the DCU's new history, brought together to defend themselves from N.O.W.H.E.R.E., an organization with an interest in superpowered teens and the creators of Superboy; half the team are the classic junior versions of Justice League members (Red Robin, Superboy, Wonder Girl, and Kid Flash), and half are all-new characters (Solstice[[note]]who was actually introduced shortly before the reboot[[/note]], Skitter, and Bunker). The classic characters each had their personal histories substantially rewritten, such as Kid Flash now having no ties to the Flash family and being an amnesiac from a BadFuture.

[[caption-width-right:350:An early promotional image. [[note]]Franchise/WonderWoman lost the PaintedOnPants by publication time.[[/note]]]]

2011's "New 52" is DC's second major reboot, stemming from the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' event that resulted in a CosmicRetcon, turning what had become a CrapsackWorld AlternateTimeline into a CloseEnoughTimeline. (There were two other previous Post-Crisis Cosmic Retcons -- with ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' and ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' / ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' -- but they were largely cosmetic.) In the wake of Franchise/TheFlash messing with the TimeyWimeyBall, DC canceled all their ongoings (even ''Action Comics'' and ''Detective Comics'') and launched 52 new titles in their place. In this new continuity, superheroes have only emerged publicly in the last five years or so, with many only beginning to show up now. Even so, many major prior storylines are still canon, at least in BroadStrokes. Certain Creator/VertigoComics and Creator/{{Wildstorm}} characters have also been incorporated into this new continuity.

* '''''Franchise/{{Superman}}'''''

* '''''Franchise/{{Batman}}'''''

* '''''Franchise/GreenLantern'''''

* '''''Franchise/TheFlash''''' - Barry Allen is also rebooted entirely, now younger and unmarried, dating Patty Spivot with Iris West only as a friend. However, the biggest change was that Wally West had been erased from continuity entirely. (A new version of Wally was introduced years later, now de-aged to early teens and [[RaceLift half-black]].

* ''ComicBook/AllStarWestern'' - While not outright contradicting any previous stories, the series ties ComicBook/JonahHex closer to the wider DCU by sending him east to get to the bottom of a city that's as corrupt and lawless as any in the West - [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham]].

* ''ComicBook/Earth2'' - A reinvention of UsefulNotes/{{The Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} parallel universe (once again separate from the main continuity), featuring new versions of the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica characters (albeit not in a team). As part of this, everyone is YoungerAndHipper instead of elder veteran heroes, including things like making Franchise/GreenLantern Alan Scott a gay man (a character trait [[CompositeCharacter inherited]] from his son Obsidian, who is now {{retgone}}).

* ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica2013 Justice League of America]]'' - "The World's Most Dangerous Heroes" A rebooted [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]]'', in this incarnation a separate entity from the Justice League under the command of the United States government. Led by Steve Trevor, the announced team members are Stargirl, ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}, ComicBook/GreenArrow, new Franchise/GreenLantern Simon Baz, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, Katana, ComicBook/MartianManhunter, and Vibe.

** "ComicBook/TrinityWar" has the ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]]'', ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica2013 Justice League of America]]'', and ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'' involved in a confrontation between the Trinity of Sin: [[ComicBook/TrinityOfSinPandora Pandora]], ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger, and ComicBook/TheQuestion.

** The titles of both Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} have reverted to their original owners. There seems to be some sort of editorial fiat against having Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown, Batgirls II and III, make appearances (several writers have reported that they asked to use them but have been refused), although it seems that Stephanie will be returning as Spoiler in 2014.
** ''Franchise/TheFlash'' continues the focus on the original, Barry Allen, that had started a few years prior, but the reboot wipes out Wally West's time as the original Kid Flash and third Flash.
** The Justice Society suffered a major legacy implosion, with the all of the children and grandchildren wiped from existence and the original JSA members becoming young again. The divide between Earth 2 and the main DCU also brought up a kind of OneSteveLimit, in that Franchise/TheFlash and Franchise/GreenLantern are the only superheroes with ongoing stories to have versions in both universes[[note]]Earth 2 also had versions of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, but they get killed off in the prologue of the series[[/note]]. Every other superhero is editorially confined to either one continuity or the other. So, for example, ComicBook/TheSpectre, traditionally a ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica character, is now in the main DC universe instead of Earth 2 with the rest of the rebooted Golden Age characters.

** The epic scale and popularity of ''ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman'' and Creator/GeoffJohns's Franchise/GreenLantern allowed their to histories carry over into the new status quo, but there are issues trying to cram everything into the new five-year timeline. Batman's timeline in particular is especially messy; despite the HandWave of Batman entering the game an extra year prior to the debut of the Justice League, there are still several issues working things out. For example, Batman managed to go through all four male Robins in those six years, but Damian is still eleven years old as he was in the old continuity ({{Hand Wave}}d by adding previously absent [[PlotRelevantAgeUp use of Apokolips technology]], whereas the greater time scale of the original continuity logically allowed Damian to organically age eleven years). Bruce's "death" and Dick Grayson temporarily becoming Batman have also been carried over, but details were left vague until ''Batman and Robin'' #33 simultaneously claimed that Darkseid hasn't attacked Prime Earth since the first arc of ''Justice League'' and that Batman was somehow still "killed" by the Omega Sanction from ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''.

** Four miniseries will also be launched this month: the seven issue ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' starring ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} and ComicBook/LexLuthor and 3 six issue miniseries ''Forever Evil: [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Arkham War]]'', ''Forever Evil: [[Franchise/TheFlash Rogues Rebellion]]'', and ''Forever Evil: [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica A.R.G.U.S.]]''.

** On the Franchise/GreenLantern side of things, The Blues are eradicated except for Saint Walker, who then falls into such despair that his ring abandons him. These guys are the {{Hope Bringer}}s, and so now, there is no hope.

* RaisedInALab: Conner Kent/Kon-El was raised in a lab as an ArtificialHuman with Franchise/{{Superman}}'s DNA and later released as a HumanWeapon.

* RelationshipUpgrade: Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/WonderWoman become a couple since ''Justice League'' # 12.

* TamerAndChaster: The reboot has ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'', whose costume shows a lot of leg but otherwise has been notably downplayed in favour of a more ordinary teenaged girl look; ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'', who for about a year had a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_powergirlnew52_6447.jpg much more modest costume]] that even lacked her infamous "[[CleavageWindow boob window]]"; and the Star Sapphires in the ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' books, whose new costumes aren't nearly as {{Stripperiffic}} as the old ones.

* WhamLine: In Franchise/{{Wonder Woman}}: [[ComicBook/NewGods BOOM]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Threshold}}'' - a new sci-fi book featuring reimagined versions of old RayGunGothic characters: the Star Rovers, Star Hawkins, Space Cabbie, Tom Tomorrow, Captain K’Rot, and Star Ranger. It also has ties to fellow space books ''Green Lantern'' and newly-canceled ''Blue Beetle'', including backup stories about Orange Lantern Larfleeze.

* ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobin''

* ''ComicBook/MenOfWar'' - Featuring a descendant of ComicBook/SgtRock, it shows a soldier's ground-level view of superhuman conflicts.

* ''ComicBook/{{Larfleeze}}'' - A ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' spinoff starring the eponymous Orange Lantern.

* '''''Lobo:''''' A book featuring the reinvented bounty hunter, facing off against his pre-reboot counterpart.

* ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'': A seven issue miniseries that takes place after the conclusion of ''ComicBook/TrinityWar'' and focuses on the villains.

*** [[spoiler:Turns out it's either the Anti-Monitor (according to ComicBook/ForeverEvil), or ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} (according to Future's End).]]

** "ComicBook/ForeverEvil: Blight" details the struggles of John Constantine trying to save Zatanna and the rest of the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark, but having to team up with [[ComicBook/TrinityOfSinPandora Pandora]], ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger and a new Dark team (featuring ComicBook/SwampThing) to stop Blight, an AnthropomorphicPersonification of Evil born as a result of the Crime Syndicate's invasion of their universe.

** Four miniseries will also be launched this month: the seven issue ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'' starring ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} and ComicBook/LexLuthor and 3 six issue miniseries ''Forever Evil: [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Arkham War]]'', ''Forever Evil: [[Franchise/TheFlash Rogues Rebellion]]'', and ''Forever Evil: [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica A.R.G.U.S.]]''.

* ''The Fury of ComicBook/{{Firestorm}}: The Nuclear Men'' - Firestorm was rebooted and the very nature of his powers changed; rather than requiring a FusionDance, each person can become a Firestorm and can then merge into a stronger being if they wish. It's also being reimagined as an arms race metaphor, with multiple countries developing their own Firestorms.

* ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'': Now reimagined with a line-up of main-DC and former Creator/{{Wildstorm}} characters, and conceived as an age-old covert superhero team dedicated to [[ShootTheDog Shooting The Dog]] when necessary to protect the Earth.

* ''ComicBook/{{Grifter|2011}}'': A former ''ComicBook/WildCATs'' character gets a solo title.

* ''ComicBook/{{Voodoo|2011}}'': Another solo title for a former ''ComicBook/WildCATs'' member.

''ComicBook/DemonKnights'', ''ComicBook/{{Dial H|For Hero}}'', ''Threshold'', and ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' are ending their runs in August 2013. Except for Forever Evil, no new books for September because it was Villains month. Replacements are:

* ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}''

In 2011, they did it again.

The "New 52" is DC's second major reboot, stemming from the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' event that resulted in a CosmicRetcon, turning what had become a CrapsackWorld AlternateTimeline into a CloseEnoughTimeline. (There were two other previous Post-Crisis Cosmic Retcons -- with ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' and ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' / ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' -- but they were largely cosmetic.) In the wake of Franchise/TheFlash messing with the TimeyWimeyBall, DC canceled all their ongoings (even ''Action Comics'' and ''Detective Comics'') and launched 52 new titles in their place. In this new continuity, superheroes have only emerged publicly in the last five years or so, with many only beginning to show up now. Even so, many major prior storylines are still canon, at least in BroadStrokes. Certain Creator/VertigoComics and Creator/{{Wildstorm}} characters have also been incorporated into this new continuity.

As of the conclusion of ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', the New 52 is now a part of the multiverse, as Earth 52. A variation of this universe, called Earth-N52, appeared in the tie-in comic for ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'' where it was destroyed.

** ''Doomsday Clock'' reveals that the ''New 52'' is for the most part no longer canon to the mainstream universe and continues to exist as Earth 52. A variation of this Earth named Earth-N52 also exists as part of the multiverse established by the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'', which is primarily made up of DC's live action properties.

As of the conclusion of ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', the New 52 is now a part of the multiverse, as Earth-52. A variation of this universe, called Earth-N52, appeared in the tie-in comic for ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'' where it was destroyed.

* BisexualLoveTriangle: Harley is head-over-heels for her boyfriend, ComicBook/TheJoker. The Joker is ''extremely'' [[DomesticAbuse physically and emotionally abusive]] but Harley always goes back to him in the end. Ivy on the other hand has feelings for Harley and the two have a much more stable relationship. Starting with the ComicBook/New52 reboot, DC revamped Ivy and Harley's relationship to be more obviously romantic and requited. They're either FriendsWithBenefits or a non-monogamous couple.

As of the conclusion of ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', the New 52 is now a part of the multiverse, as Earth-52.

''ComicBook/DemonKnights'', ''ComicBook/{{Dial H|For Hero}}'', ''Threshold'', and ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' are ending their runs in August 2013. Except for Forever Evil, no new books for September because it is Villains month. Replacements are:

''Justice League of America's Vibe'' and ''Katana'' ended in December 2013. ''Animal Man'', ''Teen Titans'', ''Nightwing'', ''Superman Unchained'', ''Justice League of America'', and ''Stormwatch'''s final issues will be in March 2014. ''Suicide Squad'' ends in April 2014. Replacements are:

The "New 52" is DC's second major reboot, stemming from the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' event that resulted in a CosmicRetcon, turning what had become a CrapsackWorld AlternateTimeline into a CloseEnoughTimeline. (There were two other previous Post-Crisis Cosmic Retcons -- with ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' and ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' / ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' -- but they were largely cosmetic.) In the wake of Franchise/TheFlash messing with the TimeyWimeyBall, DC canceled all their ongoings (even ''Action Comics'' and ''Detective Comics'') and launched 52 new titles in their place. In this new continuity, superheroes have only emerged publicly in the last five years or so, with many only beginning to show up now. Even so, many major prior storylines are still canon, at least in BroadStrokes. Certain Creator/VertigoComics and Creator/{{Wildstorm}} characters have also been incorporated into this new continuity.

** [[Film/GreenLantern Amanda Waller's weight loss.]]